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Caputo: Respect Michigan gained this season trumps loss in NCAA title game

By Pat Caputo, The Oakland (Mich.) Press

Updated:
04/09/2013 02:55:37 PM EDT

Caputo: Respect Michigan gained this season trumps loss in NCAA title game

Michigan began the season 16-0 and vaulted to No. 1 in the polls. It was as if the Wolverines couldn't breathe once they reached rarified air. Michigan started losing games alarmingly and inexplicably, there was a persistent chant throughout Big Ten arenas of "overrated, overrated, overrated." Although Michigan was beaten by Louisville in the NCAA Championship game Monday, the Wolverines had the last laugh. While experiencing the frustration of coming oh-so-close to a national championship, it wouldn't exactly be true ...

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